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Police in rural Nebraska counties bordering Colorado report a large increase in illegal marijuana trafficking, according to NPR.
Nebraska and Oklahoma have filed a lawsuit against Colorado with the U.S. Supreme Court,...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an interview this week that medical marijuana may help some patients.
His comments may increase pressure on the Justice Department to reschedule marijuana, Reuters reports...

Owners of legal marijuana businesses in Colorado and Washington state will have to file their first federal tax returns this year, CNBC reports. While the cost of growing marijuana is deductible under the federal tax...

The group representing the nation’s pediatricians issued a statement this week opposing the legalization of marijuana. The drug can be harmful to adolescent health and development, according to the American Academy of...

A new device known as an “e-joint” brings together marijuana and an e-cigarette, The New York Times reports.
A brand of e-joint, JuJu Joint, holds 100 milligrams of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana—twice as...

The impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado has been less than critics and supporters predicted, according to The Wall Street Journal. The state has seen neither a tax windfall nor dramatic social consequences, the...

A federal judge will rule later this year on whether marijuana should continue to be classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside LSD and heroin, according to the Associated Press.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller...

Marijuana use in all age groups in Colorado and Washington State, where recreational marijuana is legal, has exceeded the national average during the past year, according to a new report by the anti-legalization group...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has added three new strains of synthetic marijuana to its list of banned substances. These drugs are considered Schedule I drugs, which have a high potential for abuse, no...

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